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COLLECTION Identifier: Mss:922 1791 S659

United States Department of the Treasury bond book

Scope and Contents

Bond book, dated 1791, containing the names of individuals and businesses who loaned money to the American government during the Revolutionary War. Names include land developer Andrew Craigie (1743-1820) and merchant Joseph Barrell (1739-1804), of Boston, Massachusetts, and lawyer and politician Daniel C. Verplanck (1762-1834), jurist Edward Livingston (1764-1836), and merchants Horace & Seth Johnson & Co. of New York. There is a copy of a stock certificate issued by the state of South Carolina to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, merchant John Warder (1751-1828) tipped in to the volume.

Dates

  • Creation: 1791

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.

Extent

.25 linear feet (1 volume)

Biographical / Historical

The Department of the Treasury was established by an act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue. The first Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), who served from 1789 to 1795.

Physical Location

MANU

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of J.P. Morgan, 1935.

Digitization Funding

Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.

Processing Information

Processed: January 2019 By: Brooke McManus

Title
United States. Department of the Treasury. United States Department of the Treasury Bond Book: A Finding Aid
Author
Baker Library
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
bak00712

Repository Details

Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository

Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.

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